Car roof



AUS-- 13 ,192.9 c. D. BoNsALL ET AL CAR ROOF -Filed March 2, 1928 WPatented Aug. 13, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES DAVID BONSALL AND PAUL E. FINGER, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNORS TO P. H. MURPHY COMPANY, OF NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA,

A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR ROOF.

Application filed March 2, 1928.

This invention relates principally to metal car roofs of the flexiblesingle course type wherein the carlines are connected to the side platesby brackets and the roof sheets are arranged between the cai-lines withtheir adjacent side margins loosely connected by seam covers, which reston said carlines, and

with their eaves ends supported on wooden fascia members that are boltedto the vertical faces of said side plates.

One of the principal objects of the present invention is to utilize thecarline brackets as a means for' supporting the eaves ends of the roofsheets. Another object is to utilize the carline bracket as a supportfor a loading lifting attachment. Other objects are simplicity andcheapness of construction and compactness of design.

The invention consists in the carline bracket and in the construction,combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying4 drawing, which forms part of this specification andwherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portion of a car roof embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical cross-section through the eaves portionof the car on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the eaves portion of thecar roof; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section through the seam, carline and carlinebracket onthe line 4-4 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, our invention is shown inconnectionl with a car roof comprising Z-bar side plates 1 arranged withtheir webs horizontal and with one flange in and extending upwardly. TheZ-bar side plates on opposite sides of the car are connected by metalcarlines 2 preferably of substantially inverted channel-shape providedwith outstanding base flanges 3 at the lower edges of their side walls.

Metal roof sheets 4 extend from side to side of the car between carlinesand rest on purlins 5 secured to the carlines and preferably also havetheir eaves end portions supported on wooden fascia strips 6 that areremovably secured flatwise to the outer or Serial No. 258,508.

vertical face of the upstanding inner flanges of the side platespreferably by means of bolts 7. The roof sheets are narrower than thespaces between the channel portions of the cai-lines and are providedwith depending eaves flanges 8 that overhang the outer edges of thewooden fascia members 6 and terminate at their lower ends in inturnedflanges that are spaced away from said fascia members, whereby saidsheets are independently movable.

The roof sheets are provided along their adjacent side margins withupstanding flanges 9 that are loosely connected by seam covers 10 ofsubstantially inverted channelshaped section that have lateral baseflanges 11 that bear against the body portions of the sheets inside theside marginal flanges thereof. The seam covers rest on and are rivetedto` the flattops of the carlines and are provided at their eaves endswith depending flanges 12 that overhang and are spaced from the eavescorners of adjacent sheets and terminate at their lower ends in inturnedflanges which extend beneath and are spaced below the inturned lowerends of the depending eaves flanges adjacent to the roof sheets.

As shown in the drawing, each end of a carline 2 is rigidly secured toan ad'acent side plate 1 by means of an angle-s aped carline bracket A.The carline bracket is disposed beneath the endv of the carline with itsvertical flange 13 down and riveted flatwise to the outer face of theupstanding inner flange of the Z-bar side plate and with its otherflange 14 extending inwardly be- 'neathA the end of the carline andriveted flatwise tothe outstanding base flanges 3 thereof. The inwardlyextending carline supporting flange 14 of the carline bracket A is madewider than the carline and has its side marginal portions offsetupwardly, as at 15, on opposite sides of the carline to providea'channel-shaped seat for the end of the carline and outstanding flangesat the tops of, the side walls of said channel for supporting the sidemarginal portions of adjacent sheets near their eaves ends.

The web of the carline supporting channel in the inwardly extendingflange 14 of the carline bracket A is also provided beneath thedownwardly opening channel of the carline with a downwardly bossedcircular opening 16, through which the chains or ropes of a load liftingdevice (not shown) may be passed. As shown in the drawing, the lweb ofthe carline supporting channel in the inwardly extending' flange lli ofthe carline bracket is provided at the end of said flange and oppositethe bossed epeningl with a depending stiflcning flange which flange,together` with the flange which surrounds said opening, is rounded olf`where it joins the supporting flange of the carline bracket to preventchaling or wear of the chain or rope of the load lifting device. e

By the arrangement described the sheets rest onV the upwardly offsetside marginal flange portions l5 of tl e carline bracket, whereby theeaves ends of the sheets are prevented from sagging and thus causing theseams to leak at the eaves in the event that the wooden fascia gives waydue to rotting of the'fascia or loosening of its securing bolts. Anotheradvantage of the present construction is that it dispenses with the useof separate attachments for supporting the load lifting device and thus-saves the cost of such attachments. l

It is evident that the carline bracket hereinbefore described isapplicable for use with cars having side plates, carlines and seams ofvarious construction; therefore, we do not wish to be limited to thedetails of construction shown and described.k

What we claim is: Y l. A carroof comprising` side plates connected bycarlines, roof sheets located between carlines and carline bracketssecured to said side plates and to the undersides of said carlines, saidcarline brackets having upwardly offset side marginal portions extendingon opposite sides of said carline beneath adjacent sheetsandconstituting supports therefor.

2. A car roof comprising side plates con nected by carlines, roof sheetslocated between carlines and carline brackets secured to said sideplates and to the undersides ofV said carlines, said carline brackets.having upwardly offset side marginal flange portions extending onopposite sides of said carline beneath adjacent sheets and constitutingsupports therefor, said carline brackets being provided with means forsupporting load lifting devices.

3. A car roof comprising side plates connected by carlines, woodenfascia members secured to the vertical faces of said side plates, roofsheets extending from side plate to side plate between carlines l withtheir eaves ends supported on said fascia members, seam covers supportedon said carlines and loosely connecting adjacent sheets, and carlinebracketsV secured to said side plates and to the undersides of saidcarlines, said brackets being made wider than the carlines and havingthe portions thereof located beyond the side of said carlines odsetupwardly for supporting adjacent sheets on opposite sides of saidcarlines.

4. A car roof comprising side plates connected by carlines, woodenfascia members secured to the vertical faces of said side plates, roofsheets extending from side plate to side plate between carlines withtheir eaves ends supported on said fascia members, seam covers supportedon said carlines and loosely connectingadjacent sheets, and carlinebrackets secured to said side plates and to the undersides of saidcarlines, said brackets being provided with means for supportingadjacent sheets on opposite sides of said carlines, andmeans'on saidbrackets beneath said carlines for supporting a load lifting device. j Y

5. A car roof comprising side plates connected by carlines, woodenfascia members secured to the vertical faces of said side plates, roofsheets extending from side plate to side plate between carlines withtheir eaves ends supported on said fascia members, seam covers supportedon said carlines and loosely connecting adjacent sheets, and carlinebrackets. for securing the ends of said carlines to said side plates,each of said carline brackets comprising a flange secured to thev sideplate and a fiange extending beneath the end of the carline andrigidlysecured to the underside thereof, the carline supporting flange of saidbracket being provided with a channel-shaped seat for the carline andoutstanding flanges at the top of the side walls of said channel forsupporting the eaves corner portions of adjacent roof sheets. p Y

6. A car roof comprising side plates connected by invertedchannel-shaped carlines, wooden fascia members secured to the verticalfaces of said side plates, roof sheets extending from side plate to sideplate between carlines with their eaves endsk supported on said fasciamembers, seam covers supported on said carlines and loosely connectingadjacent sheets, and carline brackets for Securing the ends of saidcarlines to said side plates, each of said carline brackets comprisinga. flange secured to the side plate and a. flange extending beneath theend of the carline and rigidly secured to the underside thereof, thecarline supportingfiange of said bracket being made wider than thecarline and having the side marginal portions thereof located beyond thesides of the carline and offset upwardly to constitute supportsfor'adjacent roof sheets, said carline su `porting flange having anopening located beneath the inverted channel of the carline adapted toreceive a load lifting device. 7. A carline bracket having a flangeprovided with a channel-shaped carline seat and outstanding sheetsupporting flanges at the inner edges of the side walls of thechannel-shaped carline seat.

8. A carline bracket having a carline supporting fiange provided withupwardly offset side marginal flange portions adapted to support roofsheets.

9. A carline bracket having' a iange provided with upwardly oifset sheetsupporting flange portions and means located between said flanges forattaching a load lifting device to said flange.

10. A carline bracket having a carline supporting portion and alsohaving a roof sheet supporting portion.

l1. A carline bracket having a carline supporting portion provided witha channel seat for a carline, the web of said channel seat beingprovided with means for sup- 20 adapted to be secured to a side plate,and 25 a Bange adapted to support one end of a carline, said carlinesupporting flange being provided at its opposite sides with upwardlyoffset sheet supporting fiange portions and having an opening thereinadapted to re- 30 ceive a load lifting device.

Signed at New Kensmgton, day of Feb. 1928.

CHARLES DAVID BONSALL.' PAUL E. FINGER.

Pa., this 27th`

